An 80-year-old man from a residential aged-care facility is referred to the ED by his GP with increasing confusion and fevers up to 38.5 C.
The GP requests IV antibiotics for suspected urinary tract infection. He denies dysuria or frequency, but has suprapubic tenderness and staff report malodorous cloudy urine.
State the diagnostic definition of urinary tract infection in older adults.
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What is the most commonly isolated organism in urine cultures from community-dwelling older people and residential aged-care residents?
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Excluding diabetes, list three (3) features of past medical history that increase UTI risk.
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Excluding renal stones, list three (3) past urological history features that increase UTI risk.
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Excluding urinary tract infection, state one (1) possible cause of chronic dysuria in this patient.
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List one (1) validated delirium screening tool that can be used in the ED.
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You are choosing a delirium screening tool for ED patients older than 75. State two (2) features the tool should have to be effective.
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